DeLisle Worrell, the Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, recently took a controversial decision to not invite The Nation newspaper to any events at the state institution. The move was in reaction to a report in the island’s leading daily that the Central Bank had decided to lay off staff.
Unsurprisingly, the ban was initially reported in the Barbados Nation, in a story which quoted the Central Bank Governor:
Wesley Gibbings, head of the Association of Caribbean Mediaworkers (ACM) questioned the basis upon which Governor Worrell made this decision:
The blog Barbados Free Press was also very critical of this decision:
A few days later, the Central Bank released a statement affirming its commitment to a free press and insisting that The Nation had not been banned:
At Bajan Reporter, Ian Bourne was not sure about the implications of this release:
In a follow up post, Barbados Underground argued that the issue is symptomatic of a larger problem:
This article was originally published on Global Voices.
